Health Debates

Everyone knows that smoking kills. That's not why it should be made illegal. Nicotine is very addictive. That is not why it should be illegal. I am not a smoker because I value my own life. However, I believe suicide, should someone want it, should be legal. I consider smoking "prolonged suicide." Honestly, that is why I don't smoke, but that is not why it should be illegal. Okay, I'm done with that weird repetitive schpiel. I'll get to the point ("Get on with it!"). Smokers inhale approximate...

Please accept LD format. Round 1 (you are affirming) shall be 1AC Round 2 is the 1NC followed by 1AR Round 3 is 2NR followed by 2AR Round 4 is there in case someone's stupid and doesn't post their 1AC in round 1 Post your 1AC and I'll debate....

Resolved: Access to drinking water ought to be valued as a human right instead of a commodity. Pro affirms the resolution, con negates it.Since this is the Spring UIL topic for LD currently, I would like whomever accepts this debate to be well-versed in LD debate and how LD cases function. This isn't mandatory in order to accept the debate, but it would be more beneficial to me so that I can prepare for the district tournament. Value/criterion or some...

I have no sympathy for women who are raped because I believe they deserve to be. I will be arguing that most women deserve to be raped, while my opponent will challenge my viewR1: Acceptance onlyR2: ArgumentsR3: ArgumentsR4: ConclusionGood luck Con...

I will be taking the PRO stance on Glenn Beck being a nut-case. That is to say, unsound and non-normal to a high degree in a negative way in relation to mental health. No tricky semantics or word-games may be used in this debate....

My point is simple and i will get straight to the point If i person wants to die and has a terminal illness and they have made this decsion then let them give them time to wait and decided but if they are certain they want this let them its that simple. how would you like it if you live in extreme mental and physical health and want to die but some judge who doesnt give a s**t about you says no you cant jsut because he feels like it? i leave you with one message pretty straightforward and a...

The consumption of animal flesh by modern human beings is morally wrong. Humans have moved beyond the necessity of killing and eating animals for food. We have socially evolved beyond eating other animals. In ages gone by, humans have had to struggle against the wilderness. Every scrap of food was precious, and every hunt could mean life or death for the tribe or family. Eating animals was an absolute necessity for survival. But today, modern humans living in developed countries are...

Hello ladies and gentleman of DDO, I hope you all are having a swell day and thank you in advance for reading and voting for this debate. I wish my future opponent the best of luck in this debate and I hope you will enjoy it regardless of the outcome. Living- the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally. This...

I thank Cobo in advance for accepting this debate. BOP-I will be against animal testing. My opponent will be for animal testing. Definitions-Animal Testing: the use of non-human animals in research and development projects, esp.